Averell Gnatt

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Averell Gnatt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Averell Gnatt has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Pharmacology and 15 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Averell Gnatt's work include Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (16 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (15 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers). Averell Gnatt is often cited by papers focused on Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (16 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (15 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers). Averell Gnatt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and China. Averell Gnatt's co-authors include Roger D. Kornberg, Jianhua Fu, David Bushnell, Patrick Cramer, Hermona Soreq, Nancy E. Thompson, Richard R. Burgess, Catherine A. Prody, A.M. Edwards and Barbara Maier-Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Averell Gnatt

37 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Structural Basis of Transcription: An RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complex at 3.3 Å Resolution

2001 737 citations Averell Gnatt, Jianhua Fu et al. profile →
Architecture of RNA Polymerase II and Implications for the Transcription Mechanism

2000 450 citations David Bushnell, Jianhua Fu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Averell Gnatt United States	23	2.1k	533	438	343	220	37	2.6k
Kushol Gupta United States	25	1.3k 0.6×	256 0.5×	208 0.5×	72 0.2×	163 0.7×	56	1.9k
Warren J. Rocque United States	21	1.6k 0.7×	305 0.6×	168 0.4×	135 0.4×	57 0.3×	28	2.0k
Eveline Lescrinier Belgium	27	1.7k 0.8×	136 0.3×	148 0.3×	153 0.4×	158 0.7×	119	2.4k
Timothy E. Benson United States	20	778 0.4×	226 0.4×	148 0.3×	254 0.7×	57 0.3×	27	1.5k
Keehyoung Joo South Korea	19	1.6k 0.8×	81 0.2×	179 0.4×	243 0.7×	117 0.5×	49	2.2k
Rajan Sankaranarayanan India	30	2.4k 1.1×	288 0.5×	326 0.7×	34 0.1×	297 1.4×	94	2.9k
R.H.A. Folmer Sweden	21	1.2k 0.6×	146 0.3×	135 0.3×	292 0.9×	33 0.1×	28	1.6k
Joel M. Harp United States	27	1.7k 0.8×	141 0.3×	186 0.4×	63 0.2×	129 0.6×	72	2.4k
Soumya S. Ray United States	27	1.4k 0.7×	146 0.3×	141 0.3×	167 0.5×	55 0.3×	41	2.2k
Paul D. Kirchhoff United States	23	1.1k 0.5×	217 0.4×	107 0.2×	367 1.1×	53 0.2×	39	1.7k

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All Works

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Wu, Yimin A., Jen-Wei Chang, Chun-Hsiung Wang, et al.. (2012). Regulation of mammalian transcription by Gdown1 through a novel steric crosstalk revealed by cryo‐EM. The EMBO Journal. 31(17). 3575–3587. 23 indexed citations

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Cheng, Bo, Tiandao Li, Peter B. Rahl, et al.. (2012). Functional Association of Gdown1 with RNA Polymerase II Poised on Human Genes. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations

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Jishage, Miki, Sohail Malik, Ulrich Wagner, et al.. (2012). Transcriptional Regulation by Pol II(G) Involving Mediator and Competitive Interactions of Gdown1 and TFIIF with Pol II. Molecular Cell. 45(1). 51–63. 56 indexed citations

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Cheng, Bo, Tiandao Li, Peter B. Rahl, et al.. (2012). Functional Association of Gdown1 with RNA Polymerase II Poised on Human Genes. Molecular Cell. 45(1). 38–50. 102 indexed citations

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Jishage, Miki, Sohail Malik, Ulrich Wagner, et al.. (2012). Transcriptional Regulation by Pol II(G) Involving Mediator and Competitive Interactions of Gdown1 and TFIIF with Pol II. Molecular Cell. 47(3). 491–492. 2 indexed citations

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Palangat, Murali, Matthew H. Larson, Xiao Hu, et al.. (2012). Efficient reconstitution of transcription elongation complexes for single-molecule studies of eukaryotic RNA polymerase II. Transcription. 3(3). 146–153. 21 indexed citations

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Arnold, Jamie J., Suresh D. Sharma, Joy Y. Feng, et al.. (2012). Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Transcription and Resistance of RNA Polymerase II Dependent Nuclear Transcription to Antiviral Ribonucleosides. PLoS Pathogens. 8(11). e1003030–e1003030. 98 indexed citations

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Cheng, Tsu‐Fan, Xiao Hu, Averell Gnatt, & Philip J. Brooks. (2008). Differential Blocking Effects of the Acetaldehyde-derived DNA Lesion N2-Ethyl-2′-deoxyguanosine on Transcription by Multisubunit and Single Subunit RNA Polymerases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(41). 27820–27828. 18 indexed citations

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Ye, Ping, Mincheng Zhang, Stéphane Hausmann, et al.. (2005). Fcp1 directly recognizes the C-terminal domain (CTD) and interacts with a site on RNA polymerase II distinct from the CTD. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(48). 17314–17319. 24 indexed citations

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Gnatt, Averell. (2002). Elongation by RNA polymerase II: structure–function relationship. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1577(2). 175–190. 26 indexed citations

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Fu, Jianhua, Averell Gnatt, David Bushnell, et al.. (1999). Yeast RNA Polymerase II at 5 Å Resolution. Cell. 98(6). 799–810. 108 indexed citations

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Meredith, Gavin, Averell Gnatt, Grant J. Jensen, et al.. (1999). Electron Crystal Structure of an RNA Polymerase II Transcription Elongation Complex. Cell. 98(6). 791–798. 55 indexed citations

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Fu, Jianhua, Mark Gerstein, Averell Gnatt, et al.. (1998). Repeated tertiary fold of RNA polymerase II and implications for DNA binding. Journal of Molecular Biology. 280(3). 317–322. 8 indexed citations

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Gnatt, Averell, Jianhua Fu, & Roger D. Kornberg. (1997). Formation and Crystallization of Yeast RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complexes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(49). 30799–30805. 33 indexed citations

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Gnatt, Averell, Yael Loewenstein, Avraham Yaron, Mikael Schwarz, & Hermona Soreq. (1994). Site‐Directed Mutagenesis of Active Site Residues Reveals Plasticity of Human Butyrylcholinesterase in Substrate and Inhibitor Interactions. Journal of Neurochemistry. 62(2). 749–755. 22 indexed citations

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Beeri, Rachel, Averell Gnatt, Dalia Ginzberg, et al.. (1994). Testicular amplificaion and impaired transmission of human butyrylcholinesterase cDNA in transgenic mice. Human Reproduction. 9(2). 284–292. 6 indexed citations

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Loewenstein, Yael, et al.. (1993). Structure-function relationship studies in human cholinesterases reveal genomic origins for individual variations in cholinergic drug responses. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 17(6). 905–926. 2 indexed citations

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Soreq, Hermona, et al.. (1992). Excavations into the active-site gorge of cholinesterases. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 17(9). 353–358. 43 indexed citations

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Gnatt, Averell, et al.. (1990). Aspartate‐70 to glycine substitution confers resistance to naturally occurring and synthetic anionic‐site ligands on inovo produced human butyrylcholinesterase. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 27(4). 452–460. 22 indexed citations

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Soreq, Hermona & Averell Gnatt. (1987). Molecular biological search for human genes encoding cholinesterases. Molecular Neurobiology. 1(1-2). 47–80. 16 indexed citations

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